§ MR. T. ROBINSON (Gloucester)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it is true that the Customs Authority (acting upon instructions from the Treasury) have recently issued an Order to the effect that on and after the 31st of December next no foreign grain imported into this country by any ship in bulk or bags will be allowed (while such grain is in charge of the Customs) to be discharged or placed into sacks marked with the name of any English corn merchant, miller, or dealer, unless that name be accompanied in equally conspicuous characters by an indication of the foreign origin of the grain; whether complaints have reached him that if such a practice is persisted in it will cause much friction with the Customs officials, and great loss and inconvenience to the merchants and dealers in this country; and, whether he will mention the clause of "The Merchandize Marks Act, 1887," authorizing or empowering the Treasury to issue the Order alluded to?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)The Order has been withdrawn, and, therefore, the further Questions to which the 1772 hon. Member has directed our attention do not arise.